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This River of Thought

Consciousness, Meditation, Musings, Mysticism, Spirituality, Tarot

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‘Here is the fundamental error of all metaphysical philosophy, from Plato to the present time. It hypostatises ideas. Ideas live only in the consciousness of individuals or are present in potency in books… which are living spiritual monuments due to the operation of divine magic and, lastly, in the whole world, which is also a great book containing in potency the ideas of its creation and destiny expressed through the symbolism of facts.

This is, therefore, how Hermeticism differs from religious mysticism and metaphysical philosophy. Hermeticism as the aspiration to the totality of things is neither a school, nor a sect, nor a community. It is the destiny of a certain class or group of souls. For there are souls who must necessarily aspire to the “totality of things”, and who are impelled by the river current of thought, which never stops, flowing always forward and always further on, without cease. . .There is no stopping for these souls; they cannot, without renouncing their own lives, leave this river of thought, which pours without cease —equally during youth, mature age and old age —without halting, from one darkness needing to be illumined to another darkness needing to be penetrated. Such was, is. and will be my destiny. And in addressing these Letters to the Unknown Friend, I address myself to he [sic.] who shares this destiny with me.’

[Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: Arcanum X: The Wheel of Fortune]

Rules of the Road

books, Consciousness, Musings, Spirituality

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IV. Three things the Pilgrim must avoid. The wearing of a hood, the veil which hides his face from others; the carrying of a water pot which only holds enough for his own wants; the shouldering of a staff without a crook to hold.

V. Each Pilgrim on the Road must carry with him what he needs: a pot of fire, to warm his fellowmen; a lamp, to cast its rays upon his heart and show his fellowmen the nature of his hidden life; a purse of gold, which he scatters not upon the Road but shares with others; a sealed vase, wherein he carries all his aspiration to cast before the feet of him who waits to greet him at the gate—a sealed vase.

VI. The Pilgrim, as he walks upon the Road, must have the open ear, the giving hand, the silent tongue, the chastened heart, the golden voice, the rapid foot, and the open eye which sees the light. He knows he travels not alone.

[Alice Bailey, extract from The 6 Rules of the Path (Rules of the Road). From ‘Glamour: a world problem‘, section 1]

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